Method and Device for Associating Noises and for Analyzing

1. A method for associating noises of at least one signal class of a plurality of signal classes, comprising: receiving environmental noises; establishing whether the environmental noises or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; logging that the predefined rule has been fulfilled, or recording the environmental noises received for a migrating time window, or deriving a set of parameters from the environmental noises for the migrating time window and storing the set of parameters for the migrating time window, or emitting an activation signal for another device for recognizing a noise, wherein receiving and establishing are performed again for neighboring positions in order to determine a relation between the environmental noises at a first position and the environmental noises at a second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, or in order to determine a relation between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises at the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises at the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source; wherein determining a relation comprises determining a difference in level of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining a temporal offset and/or a run-time offset of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining differences in frequency and/or determining Hall effects in the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein the method comprising analyzing relative to a distance between the first and second positions, analyzing a movement of a source of the noise and/or analyzing a size of the source of the noise starting from the relation.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein establishing is performed by comparing the environmental noises to a recording buffered before and the predefined rule defines an at least partial match of the environmental noises and the recording buffered before.

3. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein establishing is performed by comparing the derived set of parameters to a set of parameters derived before and the predefined rule defines an at least partial match of the derived set of parameters and the set of parameters derived before.

4. The method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the derived set of parameters and the set of parameters derived before comprise an audio fingerprint.

5. The method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the recording buffered before and/or the set of parameters derived before are/is received by an external database.

6. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the derived set of parameters comprises psychoacoustic parameters, and wherein establishing is performed by evaluating the psychoacoustic parameters of the environmental noises and the predefined rule comprises threshold values for the psychoacoustic parameters.

7. The method in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the psychoacoustic parameters comprise volume, sharpness, tonality, roughness, impulse characteristic and/or intensity of variation.

8. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein, when logging, information on the frequency of the noise of the signal classes comprise the signal class; or wherein the information comprise a time indication of when the noise of the signal class was identified and/or an indication of place where the noise of the signal class was identified.

9. The method in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the recordings or parameters acquired before are read in from an external database.

10. The method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the predefined rule describes an environmental noise or a set of parameters for a control signal so that the activation signal is emitted when the predefined rule has been fulfilled.

11. A non-transitory digital storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for performing a method for associating noises of at least one signal class of a plurality of signal classes, comprising: receiving environmental noises; establishing whether the environmental noises or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; logging that the predefined rule has been fulfilled, or recording the environmental noises received for a migrating time window, or deriving a set of parameters from the environmental noises for the migrating time window and storing the set of parameters for the migrating time window, or emitting an activation signal for another device for recognizing a noise, wherein receiving and establishing are performed again for neighboring positions in order to determine a relation between the environmental noises at a first position and the environmental noises at a second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, or in order to determine a relation between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises at the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises at the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, wherein determining a relation comprises determining a difference in level of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining a temporal offset and/or a run-time offset of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining differences in frequency and/or determining Hall effects in the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein the method comprising analyzing relative to a distance between the first and second positions, analyzing a movement of a source of the noise and/or analyzing a size of the source of the noise starting from the relation when said computer program is run by a computer.

12. A device for associating noises of at least one signal class of a plurality of signal classes, comprising: a microphone for receiving environmental noises; a processor for establishing whether the environmental noises or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; an interface for logging that the predefined rule has been fulfilled, or recording the environmental noises received for a migrating time window, or deriving a set of parameters from the environmental noises for the migrating time window and storing the set of parameters for the migrating time window, or emitting an activation signal for another device for recognizing a noise wherein receiving and establishing are performed again for neighboring positions in order to determine a relation between the environmental noises at a first position and the environmental noises at a second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, or in order to determine a relation between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises at the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises at the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source; wherein determining a relation comprises determining a difference in level of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining a temporal offset and/or a run-time offset of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining differences in frequency and/or determining Hall effects in the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein the method comprising analyzing relative to a distance between the first and second positions, analyzing a movement of a source of the noise and/or analyzing a size of the source of the noise starting from the relation.

13. The device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the device comprises a communication interface by means of which a protocol may be output and/or by means of which the predefined rule may be read in and/or by means of which communication with another device is possible.

14. The device in accordance with claim 13 , wherein the device is configured to be networked with another device at a neighboring position in order to determine a relation between the environmental noises of the first position and the environmental noises of the second position or between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position.

15. A method for analyzing noises of at least one signal class of a plurality of signal classes, comprising: receiving environmental noises at a first position; establishing whether the environmental noises of the first position or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; receiving environmental noises at a second position; establishing whether the environmental noises of the second position or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; and determining a relation between the environmental noises of the first position and the environmental noises of the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, or between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source; wherein determining a relation comprises determining a difference in level of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining a temporal offset and/or a run-time offset of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining differences in frequency and/or determining Hall effects in the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein the method comprising analyzing relative to a distance between the first and second positions, analyzing a movement of a source of the noise and/or analyzing a size of the source of the noise starting from the relation.

16. The method in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the received environmental noises at the first and/or second position are recorded for a migrating time window, or wherein the set of parameters is derived from the environmental noises at the first and/or second position for the migrating time window.

17. The method in accordance with claim 15 , wherein establishing is performed by comparing the environmental noises to a recording buffered before and the predefined rule defines an at least partial match of the environmental noises and the recording buffered before.

18. The method in accordance with claim 15 , wherein establishing is performed by comparing the derived set of parameters to a set of parameters derived before and the predefined rule defines an at least partial match of the derived set of parameters and the set of parameters derived before.

19. The method in accordance with claim 18 , wherein the derived set of parameters and the set of parameters derived before comprise an audio fingerprint.

20. The method in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the recording buffered before and/or the set of parameters derived before are/is received from an external database.

21. A non-transitory digital storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for performing a method for analyzing noises of at least one signal class of a plurality of signal classes, comprising: receiving environmental noises at a first position; establishing whether the environmental noises of the first position or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; receiving environmental noises at a second position; establishing whether the environmental noises of the second position or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; and determining a relation between the environmental noises of the first position and the environmental noises of the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, or between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, wherein determining a relation comprises determining a difference in level of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining a temporal offset and/or a run-time offset of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining differences in frequency and/or determining Hall effects in the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein the method comprising analyzing relative to a distance between the first and second positions, analyzing a movement of a source of the noise and/or analyzing a size of the source of the noise starting from the relation when said computer program is run by a computer.

22. A system for analyzing noises of at least one signal class of a plurality of signal classes, comprising: a first unit comprising a first microphone for receiving environmental noises at a first position; a second unit comprising a second microphone for receiving environmental noises at a second position; and a processor for establishing whether the environmental noises of the first position or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes, and for establishing whether the environmental noises of the second position or a set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position fulfill/s a predefined rule which describes the signal class of the plurality of signal classes; wherein the processor is configured to determine a relation between the environmental noises of the first position and the environmental noises of the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source, or between the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the first position and the set of parameters derived from the environmental noises of the second position, wherein the environmental noises at the first position and the environmental noises at the second position resulting from a same noise source; wherein determining a relation comprises determining a difference in level of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining a temporal offset and/or a run-time offset of the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein determining a relation comprises determining differences in frequency and/or determining Hall effects in the environmental noises at the first and second positions; or wherein the method comprising analyzing relative to a distance between the first and second positions, analyzing a movement of a source of the noise and/or analyzing a size of the source of the noise starting from the relation.

23. The system in accordance with claim 22 , wherein the first and second units are connected via a communication interface and/or a radio interface.